Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Analysis in Code Name Verity

The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force was a women’s military group connected to the Royal Air Force. It offered women the opportunity to do everything men did in the RAF, but it didn’t allow them to fly until late in World War II.

Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Quotes in Code Name Verity

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“If you’re going to talk people down, you’d damn well better know what the forward view from the cockpit of a Wellington bomber looks like in the landing configuration. Fancy a flight in a Wellington?”

“Oh, yes, please, sir!”

(You see—it was just like being in school.)

Related Characters: Maddie Brodatt (speaker), Julie/The Narrator/Queenie/Verity (speaker)

Page Number and Citation: 34

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Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Term Timeline in Code Name Verity

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...then said that tomorrow, she was taking Maddie to the local Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) office to sign up. The WAAF now allows women to do all the jobs men... (full context)

Some WAAF Trades. Being in the WAAF, according to the narrator, was a lot like being in... (full context)

Signals Branch. Not long after, Maddie’s WAAF section officer praised her and asked if she was interested in further secret training. Maddie,... (full context)

...with the ATA, but that flight got Maddie into the ATA. With Dympna’s prodding, the WAAF released Maddie to the ATA. The ATA don’t fly with radio or navigation aids, aside... (full context)

...mistake of forgetting to change her hair and makeup when she changed back into her WAAF uniform. (full context)

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Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Term Analysis

Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Quotes in Code Name Verity

Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Term Timeline in Code Name Verity